Race Report - Patriot 200 Batch 2017

Alhamdulillah finally 2017 game berjalan dengan lancar. As i always said, it going to be an epic journey. Always be.

Lets recall how this game can come to our radar few years back. We've been talking to have some simple run 200KM to remember our Patriot terutama badan2 beruniform. So as a start kita mula dengan loop 20KM di Putrajaya in 48 hours. We come with minimalist concept all the while. 1st year we did it in March kalau tak silap and we put Leftenen Adnan as our idol that year. Masa ni tak da orang nak enroll sebab 200KM kan. Probably 1st in peninsular Malaysia at that point. But we have 13 brave soul to try. We don't have 200KM finisher in this edition.

So come 2nd year we decide to move it with more challenging route. So we decide to make it Single stage, 4 state (Putrajaya, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka), 40 hours (kita cut dari 1st edition), 200KM. Kita bukak duo category so we can get more people to try this new format. So we have 8 people run in Solo category and 7 group in Duo. So we have 23 people in this batch. So again no Solo finisher in this edition.

So this year is the 3rd year. We move to north. We decide to enjoy Perak by foot. Same format as last year. We have 22 people for Solo and 6 group. So we have 34 registered this round. Anyway, this game we always put a low crowd so we can control the flow and safety. All the way 200KM there is

1. No road closure

2. No food and water profided (bring your own)

3. No marshal

4. No finisher T

5. No medal

6. No ambulan

7. Own navigation

8. Support crew mandatory

9. No complain

So we try to make the game as "simple" as it can go. Don't look at the ordinary concept but we want people to feel the real joy about ultra running, real pain and real mental bonk. So the result from 2017 batch

3 Solo Finisher

4 Duo Finisher

1 DNS

1 DQ

The rest, they finished at specific targeted distance. So i will cut it short on some of the stories during the game

1. This is not a game. So we can see all the participant came with high spirit to finish and enjoy the challenge. So far no complain but we got few feedback to improve same area of the game. We will put more strick requirement next year.

2. Heat, i would say this is the main issue for all participant in this edition. Rentung, can see they enjoy 2 days on heat. Double layer. We got heat stroke case and i beliave it a good learning process to all participant on how to handle it.

3. Hantu and "Hantu", yup we got few complain on gangguan all the way the route in the night.

- Hantu, they are always there lah, some can see and some only can hear their voice so bertabahlah

6. DQ issue. Ok aku nak sentuh jugak kes ni. Actually there is one case kita DQ this runner due to some issue. As this game kita aspect all will come with all those preparation. 200KM bukan perkara main2 terutama safety. So this runner come with no support crew and some basic mandatory item. Mula2 kita dikelirukan dengan status dia ni. After sometimes kita dapat tangkap dia tidak begitu jujur. So kita stop dia disebabkan tak ada support crew and basic mandatory item. So we will put more criteria check next year to avoid same issue. Lesson learn. Anyway aku boleh kata this person agak talented. He is fast, at one strech dia sesat 10 KM but still manage to run and meet COT at next CP. Probably he need to learn do and don't in ultra scene ni.

7. Bila Abe Yim sampai, aku nyaris drop air mata aku (actually dah drop pon). Kita keep follow progress each runner from beginning. Aku, Zul even zinov and Suzi from home. I can see and feel each of the participent feeling. I know how abe yim nyaris stop at CP7 dimana aku jaga CP tu. We (me and Andrew his support crew) ask him to sleep and eat 1st and decide later. How i can see he walk at certain strech macam nak tumbang. Bila dia peluk Andrew, i can feel his satisfaction. I belaive he drop his tear at that moment. Yup 200KM and he is doing it with all those drama. Epic. Same to all yang sampi ke finishing.

So lepas je game ni, banyak pulak yang pm and tanya camna nak enroll. Ok, 1st jangan ikut2 dengan pattern. Aku serius ni. Kalau tgk dalam list nama yang enroll for past 3 edition, kebanyakan depa ada good repo in ultra scene and some return for this game for few times. Like ajib, dia prepare this game from Januari 2017. So 9 bulan okay. Look at his progress in each game yg dia pegi. So think again. Sebab tu aku suruh prepare for next 365 days, expecially yg solo so we can see your effort and really prepare for this one.